Patania violacealis
Patania violacealis | |
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Patania violacealis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
Genus: | Patania |
Species: | P. violacealis |
Binomial name | |
Patania violacealis (Guillermet, 1996)[1] | |
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Patania violacealis is a moth in the Crambidae family that is endemic in Réunion. The wingspan of this moth is approx. 25mm.
It looks very similar to Herpetogramma licarsisalis, but under light the surface of its wings shines violet.